Detroit grind unit Shock Narcotic, featuring members of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Pig Destroyer, Child Bite, and Battlecross, have surprise released their long-awaited sophomore album My Flesh Is Afraid But I Am Not via Housecore Records. To celebrate the release, the band unveiled a video for the track “Oblivion Licker.” This marks their first full-length since 2019’s I Have Seen The Future And It Doesn’t Work. Shock Narcotic will play a hometown release show on July 24th before joining Pantera and Amon Amarth on select dates of The Heaviest Tour Of The Summer.
Jeff Tuttle (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan) comments:
“Like the duality that the title suggests, My Flesh Is Afraid But I Am Not revels in incongruence and its creation was powered by the collision of opposing ideals. On the outside, the recording process was meticulous and driven by perfectionism, but on the inside, it was equally full of artistic doubt and performative insecurities. It represents confidence versus anxiety and depression. Pride and self-deprecation. It was a labor of love as much as it was an act of compulsion stemming from that musical voice in my head that can’t be turned off. In the end, all of that dissonance birthed a beast of a record. I truly feel like we made something special.”
Don Slater (ex-Battlecross) adds:
“Another masterpiece squeezed and distilled from the heads of Jeff and Shawn. Wisened from the first album, the songs on this album are unique in their own way yet retain the chaotic nature that I love about SHOCK NARCOTIC. The fact these fine gentlemen allowed me to ply my bass-ic abilities to their amalgamated insanity is nothing short of an honor. Incredibly proud of this record and the freedom it allowed.”
Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer) states:
“When first asked to record the drums for the album, it blew my mind from the first listen. A bit different and ‘out of the box’ for me and had an absolute blast recording it. Diverse, intense, and a cohesive journey of madness is the best way to describe it.”
Shawn Knight (Child Bite) elaborates:
“The song is about feeling like everything is falling apart before your very eyes, accepting your reality and finding the strength to push through. It’s a pretty bleak, self-deprecating tune… but the takeaway is that in the end you are in control of how you react to life’s challenges. Embrace the absurdity of life, stop being your own worst enemy, laugh to keep from crying. Instead of bowing down to an early death, give it a smooch and move on.”
Watch the clip below and order the album here:
Track List:
01) To Kill For Nothing
02) The Benefits of Being Worm Food
03) Wound Absentia
04) Trash For The Pile
05) We Are The Enemy
06) Oblivion Licker
07) Standard Issue Apathy
08) Slurring Delirium
09) A Mass Suicide In Progress
10) Waiting For Life To Begin
11) Cling To The Familiar
12) Burial
13) A Furred Grave (Meathook Seed cover)
Tour Dates:
07/24 Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary (My Flesh Is Afraid But I Am Not LP Release Show)
w/ Pantera, Amon Amarth
07/25 Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
07/26 Wantagh, NY @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
07/28 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC
07/29 Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion
